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Sorry for neglecting the blog from past couple of weeks. Life just got a bit too real so I needed a break. Things are still rocky but I find myself wanting to write so here I am. I have been looking forward to do my March wrap up since the month started because I was sure it would be amazing reading wise. I was feeling a lot of YA Contemporary and poetry vibes throughout and I ended up reading 6 books.

This book was one of my most anticipated read of the year. The synopsis was amazing, the cover was beautiful, and the writing was mesmerizing. Sadly, I couldn’t understand the story well. It all felt very confusing. The chapters would take you on a high and then leave you completely dissatisfied. I can’t even seem to remember the end now but I do remember screaming in complete frustration when I was done with it. The characters didn’t make sense either. I was very disappointed with this book.

A couple of months back when I had the option of buying the physical book for this title, I refused because I was sure I would absolutely dislike this book. I ended up liking it way more than I expected. There were so many parts I loved and kept screen grabbing them. There were some parts I didn’t like but overall it was a great poetry book. I especially loved the illustrations.

This is a poetry book written by a 14 year old. I wasn’t expecting anything extraordinary because I knew it was her first poetry book and it would take her a few more to get to her best writing stuff. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how good the poetry was. I would definitely read more from her in the future.

After reading Everything, Everything and loving it to bits, I wanted to read more of her work. So glad she has another book. Got my hands on The Sun Is Also a Star and read it as quickly as I could. The topic of immigration and immigrants feels so relatable to me because it kind of cover expatriate issues too and I am an expat. I loved the writing, the characters were good too, I liked alternative chapters of both the main characters, but my favourite was other people and things chapters. What I didn’t like was the insta-love. Super annoying! I was thinking to do a detailed review on this book. I have got more to say on the immigrant/expat issue.

I started A Monster Calls in January or February I guess. Read a few pages and forgot to pick it up again. In March I decided to finish it. I liked the book. We finally have a book that addresses the things a patient’s family/close ones go through too. The writing was good, the characters and the situations were well developed. Unlike others, I didn’t get too emotional over this book.

This is another poetry book I read in March. It started off good and there were a few parts in the middle that were good but overall it felt repetitive. I got tired of it by the middle and wanted to abandon it but I powered through.

One of my new year’s resolutions reading wise was to try out some poetry books. I wanted to start it off by Nayyirah Waheed because I follow her on Instagram and I love almost everything she posts there. Salt is one of her most famous and well-loved work so I decided to read that first.

Her poetry revolves around Africa, colored women and oppression. Most of it was really good. There were also some parts that I didn’t get and some repetitive poetry that wasn’t tasteful to me. Overall I liked this book and would suggest people to read it at least once.

I was provided a PR copy in exchange for an honest review. From the synopsis I was expecting way more from this book than it provided. The story was slow for my liking but the characters were so nicely built and the world as well. The theme of this book was very subtle, so much that you only get to know it when it is explicitly written. I did a goodreads review for this book that you can read (click here). To be honest I still think about this book a lot. The character of Lily and her house come up in my mind quite often.

Where do I even begin about this book? One of the most disappointing reads of 2017 for me. I was expecting so much from this book especially since All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven is one of my most favorite books ever. I don’t know what happened with this one. I could feel nothing for the characters and their situations even though I can totally understand and relate to obesity and not recognizing faces. There were no emotions in this book or any feel to it at all. I read somewhere this book feels like a problem driven book rather an actual story and I am sad to admit it’s true. By the end I wasn’t even interested in how the story will unwrap. I really hope this book was just a fluke and the next book JN comes out with do justice to her abilities as seen in ATBP.

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That was my wrap up and mini review. I hope you guys got a better insight into why I didn’t like the books I read in February. I hope yours was much better than mine. Now I have a question for you; which was the most disappointing hyped up book you read recently? Let me know in the comments below.